The Second Book of the Kings

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1

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim
became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

2

And YAHUVEH sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the
Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon,
and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of
YAHUVEH, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

3

Surely at the commandment of YAHUVEH came this upon Judah, to remove
them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he
did,

4

and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem
with innocent blood: and YAHUVEH would not pardon.

5

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

6

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in
his stead.

7

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the
king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river
Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

8

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother's name was Nehushta the
daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

9

And he did that which was evil in the sight of YAHUVEH, according to all
that his father had done.

10

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to
Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

11

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his
servants were besieging it;

12

and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he,
and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and
the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

13

And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of YAHUVEH, and
the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of
gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of YAHUVEH, as
YAHUVEH had said.

14

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the
mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the
land.

15

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and
the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried
he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

16

And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and
the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the
king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

17

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's
brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18

Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

19

And he did that which was evil in the sight of YAHUVEH, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.

20

For through the anger of YAHUVEH did it come to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.